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Putin accuses U.S. of starting new arms race« Thread Started

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Putin accuses U.S. of starting new arms race« Thread Started on May 31, 2007, 4:19pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Putin accuses U.S. of starting new arms racePOSTED: 1842 GMT (0242 HKT), May 31, 2007 read at source> http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europ ... htmlMOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Less than a week before the G8 summit, tensions between the United States and Russia reached a new peak Thursday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Washington of starting a new arms race over its plans to develop a missile defense shield in Europe.Putin said Russia's testing of new intercontinental and cruise missiles earlier this week was a direct response to the U.S. plans. The tests, he said, were "aimed at maintaining the balance of forces in the world.""Our partners are filling eastern Europe with new weapons," he told reporters in Moscow in a joint news conference with Greek President Carolos Papoulias."What are we supposed to do? We cannot just observe all this. In our opinion, it is nothing different from 'diktat,' nothing different from imperialism."Washington is currently discussing deployment of parts of the system with Poland and the Czech Republic.The White House denied that a new Cold War is beginning and said the system is designed to defend allies vulnerable to ballistic missiles. White House spokesman Tony Snow said Washington is trying to reassure Russia that the anti-missile system is a defensive -- and not aggressive -- deployment.In an interview with CNN Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Moscow's fears are "ludicrous" and that the system is not aimed at gaining a strategic advantage over Russia."This is against smaller but nonetheless potentially very deadly places like Iran," she said in Berlin.
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